Ambulance workers have threatened to strike over claims a creepy paramedic who filmed a female colleague in the toilet can return to work.

And the Irish Mirror has learned at least one officer has already informed staff he is stepping down from his senior role with the National Ambulance Service.

Robert Murphy, 51, admitted to a court last October that he placed an iPhone recording in video mode in a box of gloves on the windowsill of the unisex toilet at the ambulance base in Tyrone, Co Tipperary, on May 5, 2012.

But the pervert was not handed a criminal conviction after a judge heard how he has put his life in danger saving the lives of others.

Now sources within the National Ambulance Service have claimed the paramedic has been reassigned to a new position.

Claims have been made that Murphy is due to take up the new administrative role in the West of Ireland in the coming days after a meeting this week.

In a letter, seen by the Irish Mirror, one worker said he was stepping down from his senior role because he has “little faith in our process”.

He continued: “The person in question pleaded guilty in a courtroom, won his [employment] appeal and has caused grave pain, hurt and anguish to lots of staff in our area which he now appears to be rewarded for.

“We are going to have difficulty managing people in light of the result of his appeal.

“I feel the greater National Ambulance Service senior management has not supported the people in this incident who have continued to work hard to the best possible standards.”

A HSE spokeswoman said: “Following a decision by the Employment Appeals Tribunal [decisions of which are a matter of public record and legally binding], the individual was reinstated to a post in the National Ambulance Service.

“The individual is not working in front line services.

“It is also important to note that paramedic grades are not comparable with administrative grades as they are different grading systems.”

During his court hearing it was heard Murphy had a “very troubled and extraordinary history”.

He moved from California to Ireland to live with relatives after his mother was murdered when he was eight.

His father served 10 years in prison after being convicted of conspiracy to commit murder.

The court was also told how Murphy had become “distant and succumbed to the temptations that are on the internet” while his wife was receiving treatment for cancer.